# std::format_error

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Defined in header `<format>` |  |
class format_error; |  | (since C++20)

Defines the type of exception object thrown to report errors in the formatting library.

Inheritance diagram

### Member functions

(constructor) | constructs a new `format_error` object with the given message (public member function)
operator= | replaces the `format_error` object (public member function)

## std::format_error::format_error

format_error( const std::string& what_arg ); | (1) |
format_error( const char* what_arg ); | (2) |
format_error( const format_error& other ) noexcept; | (3) |

1) Constructs the exception object with what_arg as explanatory string. After construction, std::strcmp(what(), what_arg.c_str()) == 0.
2) Constructs the exception object with what_arg as explanatory string. After construction, std::strcmp(what(), what_arg) == 0.
3) Copy constructor. If *this and other both have dynamic type `std::format_error` then std::strcmp(what(), other.what()) == 0. No exception can be thrown from the copy constructor.

### Parameters

what_arg | - | explanatory string
other | - | another exception object to copy

### Exceptions

1,2) May throw std::bad_alloc.

### Notes

Because copying `std::format_error` is not permitted to throw exceptions, this message is typically stored internally as a separately-allocated reference-counted string. This is also why there is no constructor taking `std::string&&`: it would have to copy the content anyway.

A derived standard exception class must have a publicly accessible copy constructor. It can be implicitly defined as long as the explanatory strings obtained by `what()` are the same for the original object and the copied object.

## std::format_error::operator=

format_error& operator=( const format_error& other ) noexcept; |  |

Assigns the contents with those of other. If *this and other both have dynamic type `std::format_error` then std::strcmp(what(), other.what()) == 0 after assignment. No exception can be thrown from the copy assignment operator.

### Parameters

other | - | another exception object to assign with

### Return value

*this

### Notes

A derived standard exception class must have a publicly accessible copy assignment operator. It can be implicitly defined as long as the explanatory strings obtained by `what()` are the same for the original object and the copied object.

## Inherited from std::runtime_error

## Inherited from std::exception

### Member functions

(destructor) [virtual] | destroys the exception object (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)
what [virtual] | returns an explanatory string (virtual public member function of `std::exception`)

### Example

Run this code

    #include <format>
    #include <print>
    #include <string_view>
    #include <utility>

    int main()
    {
        try
        {
            auto x13{37};
            auto args{std::make_format_args(x13)};
            std::ignore = std::vformat("{:()}", args); // throws
        }
        catch(const std::format_error& ex)
        {
            std::println("{}", ex.what());
        }
    }

Possible output:

    format error: failed to parse format-spec

### See also

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